central principle
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A key foundation for understanding why time seems to move in one direction is Boltzmann's H theorem, a central principle in statistical mechanics tied to the second law of thermodynamics.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
This central principle asks that we think more carefully about where we spend our money.
From National Geographic • Dec. 20, 2023
He spoke about free trade, a central principle in his political career, and avoided the subject of sexuality.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2022
Although his conviction was subsequently overturned, a national survey of high school biology teachers conducted in 1939–1940 revealed that only about half were teaching evolution as a central principle of biology.
From Scientific American • Sep. 12, 2020
Touch but a remote chord of any question, and it will vibrate to the central principle to which it has once been well attached.
From A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning by Holyoake, George Jacob
